The Challenger of Big Bash League between Melbourne Stars and Sydney Thunder saw Nick Larkin scoring an unbeaten 83 to help the Stars post 194/2. Marcus Stoinis also scored 83 to give a strong platform. In reply, the Thunder could manage 166/8 and Alex Ross ended as their highest scorer with 58 off 38. Stoinis retained his leading position in the top ten list after the performance as Glenn Maxwell entered the top ten again after scoring 4*.
Player | Team | R | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
Marcus Stoinis | Stars | 695 | 57.91 | 135.7 | 1 | 6 |
Alex Hales | Thunder | 576 | 38.40 | 146.9 | 0 | 6 |
Jonathan Wells | Strikers | 478 | 68.28 | 135.4 | 0 | 4 |
Shaun Marsh | Renegades | 449 | 37.41 | 124.0 | 0 | 3 |
Josh Philippe | Sixers | 435 | 36.25 | 125.7 | 0 | 4 |
Beau Webster | Renegades | 425 | 42.50 | 132.0 | 0 | 3 |
Liam Livingstone | Scorchers | 425 | 30.35 | 142.6 | 0 | 4 |
Jake Weatherald | Strikers | 407 | 29.07 | 133.9 | 0 | 2 |
Josh Inglis | Scorchers | 405 | 28.92 | 154.0 | 0 | 4 |
Glenn Maxwell | Stars | 393 | 43.67 | 148.9 | 0 | 3 |
Chris Morris was the highlight of the Sydney Thunder bowling department as he ended with 2/30. This helped Morris replace Tom Curran at second spot. For the Stars, Haris Rauf took three wickets and move up two places in the following table. Adam Zampa also added two more wickets to his tally.
Player | Team | W | Ave | Econ | 4WI |
Daniel Sams | Thunder | 30 | 15.36 | 7.83 | 1 |
Chris Morris | Thunder | 22 | 19.36 | 8.01 | 0 |
Tom Curran | Sixers | 22 | 19.40 | 9.05 | 1 |
Haris Rauf | Stars | 20 | 11.55 | 6.63 | 1 |
Peter Siddle | Strikers | 19 | 18.21 | 7.18 | 1 |
Rashid Khan | Strikers | 19 | 20.84 | 7.15 | 1 |
Adam Zampa | Stars | 18 | 16.67 | 7.14 | 0 |
Wes Agar | Strikers | 17 | 21.47 | 8.90 | 1 |
Ben Dwarshuis | Sixers | 16 | 25.31 | 8.07 | 0 |
Scott Boland | Hurricanes | 15 | 21.00 | 8.28 | 0 |
Sandeep Lamichhane | Stars | 15 | 22.33 | 7.44 | 0 |
Fawad Ahmed | Scorchers | 15 | 24.86 | 6.90 | 0 |
Chris Jordan | Strikers | 15 | 24.93 | 8.69 | 0 |
Jhye Richardson | Scorchers | 15 | 25.00 | 7.07 | 1 |
Ben Laughlin | Heat | 15 | 25.73 | 8.77 | 0 |